ESTONIA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	603	6	349	+ 255
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	447	53	8	+ 438
Stroke	3	396	3	1,116	- 720
Coronary Heart Disease	4	368	1	3,009	- 2,641
Road Traffic Accidents	5	318	35	59	+ 259
Birth Trauma	6	313	57	5	+ 308
Low Birth Weight	7	282	55	7	+ 275
Liver Disease	8	275	7	328	- 54
Tuberculosis	9	216	47	16	+ 200
Diabetes Mellitus	10	164	19	146	+ 18
Congenital Anomalies	11	157	43	25	+ 132
Hypertension	12	136	2	2,700	- 2,565
Kidney Disease	13	122	17	176	- 55
Meningitis	14	121	54	7	+ 114
Lung Disease	15	120	13	229	- 109
Other Injuries	16	118	20	141	- 23
HIV/AIDS	17	116	39	40	+ 75
Maternal Conditions	18	89	61	1	+ 88
Malnutrition	19	87	79	0	+ 87
Breast Cancer	20	85	11	260	- 174
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	83	12	229	- 146
Violence	22	81	42	28	+ 53
Pertussis	23	69	83	0	+ 69
Measles	24	64	84	0	+ 64
Suicide	25	61	16	197	- 137
Malaria	26	57	73	0	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	27	51	32	68	- 17
Falls	28	45	24	119	- 73
Asthma	29	45	44	24	+ 21
Leukemia	30	43	22	126	- 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	38	5	527	- 489
Poisonings	32	37	52	8	+ 29
Lymphomas	33	36	15	213	- 177
Fires	34	33	38	41	- 8
Drownings	35	32	40	30	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	36	24	28	87	- 63
Tetanus	37	22	81	0	+ 22
Lung Cancers	38	22	4	657	- 635
Inflammatory/Heart	39	22	14	217	- 195
Oesophagus Cancer	40	19	27	99	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	18	36	55	- 37
Liver Cancer	42	17	26	107	- 90
Syphilis	43	17	62	1	+ 16
Epilepsy	44	16	37	45	- 28
Endocrine Disorders	45	16	33	66	- 50
Parkinson's Disease	46	16	29	82	- 66
Stomach Cancer	47	15	9	290	- 275
Oral Cancer	48	15	25	110	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	13	45	22	- 8
Prostate Cancer	50	13	8	298	- 286
Bladder Cancer	51	11	21	126	- 115
Skin Cancers	52	10	30	79	- 69
Skin Disease	53	9	41	29	- 19
Schistosomiasis	54	8	72	0	+ 8
Alcohol	55	8	18	148	- 141
Hepatitis B	56	7	65	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	57	7	66	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	7	59	2	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	59	6	69	0	+ 6
Drug Use	60	5	31	75	- 70
Pancreas Cancer	61	5	10	268	- 263
Uterin Cancer	62	4	34	60	- 56
Encephalitis	63	4	63	0	+ 4
War	64	3	64	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	46	17	- 15
Other Neoplasms	66	1	23	123	- 122
Diphtheria	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	58	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	48	16	- 16
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	68	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.